TY - BOOK AU - Rabkin,Eric S. TI - The fantastic in literature T2 - Princeton legacy library SN - 9780691607443 (pbk.) : PY - 2015/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Fantasy in literature KW - History and criticism KW - Fantastic, The, in literature N1 - Formerly CIP N2 - What exactly is the fantastic? In the 20th-century world, our notions of what is impossible are assaulted every day. To define the nature of fantasy and the fantastic, Eric S. Rabkin considers its role in fairy tales, science fiction, detective stories, and religious allegory, as well as in traditional literature ER -